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Migant crisis, Austria to resume border limits on monday
HEGYESHALOM, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian police stood by as thousands of migrants hopped cross-border trains Sunday into Austria, taking advantage of Hungary's surprise decision to stop screening international train travelers for travel visas,…
8 killed and 4 injured by fire in an apartment building in Paris
PARIS (AP) - Police say that a blaze in the Montmartre district kill eight people, including 2 children. Police sources says that the fire cause is unknown.
State of emergency in Dominica after Storm Erika killed at least 31 people
200 people are missing and at least 31 are killed after Tropical Storm Erika barreled her way through the Dominica Island last week. The Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit is pleading with world leaders to come to the rescue of his Caribbean…
New blast in China, explosions in a chemical factory kills at least one in Shandong
Beijing (AP) - After the terrifing explosion in Tianjin of the past weeks, a chemical factory exploded in Shandong province late on Monday night, killing one person. The blast was the second chemical plant explosion in the province in…
New Orleans, the global leader in resilience 10 years after Katrina
New Orleans is becoming a global leader in resilience. City of New Orleans start a new project for the future, moving beyond the recovery phase, focusing on the strategy outlines to prevent disaster, increase safety during hurricanes and…
Somalia - Alarm for food and water persist. Humanitarian crisis continue
(Mogadishu, 31 August 2015): The results of the latest Food Security and Nutrition Assessment for Somalia, presented today in Mogadishu, indicate that the country’s humanitarian situation remains alarming.
Compared to six months ago, the…
MERS-CoV in Saudi Arabia update
Between 18 and 21 August 2015, the National IHR Focal Point for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia notified WHO of 29 additional cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection, including 6 deaths. Twenty-four (24) of…
Some Georgia firefighters not trained in water rescue
BANKS COUNTY, Ga. - Clayton Martin was a volunteer firefighter for the Clarksville Fire Department. At 6'8", he dominated the basketball court. The gentle giant hoped to become a pastor. He drowned before that happened. Those sent to rescue…
China - Police arrest 12 suspects in the Tianjin explosions
(REUTERS) SHANGHAI, Aug 27 - Chinese police have arrested 12 people suspected of involvement in the Tianjin massive explosions that killed 139 people. The news is reported by the national Xinhua news agency on Thursday. Among the suspects…
Fire in a Psychiatric Hospital in Wittenau, Berlin
A fire destroy a sport hall in the ex psychiatric Hospital "Karl Bonhoeffer", in Wittenau, near Berlin. On Wednesday evening the fire start and destroy quickly most part of the building. The sport hall is near a refugee camp. A lot of sport…